Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 318 Arrest
At the end of the You Dynasty, the streets and alleys in Jining City are hard to find. In this era of extreme lack of nightlife, most people have already gone to bed. The city is completely dark, except for the occasional barking of dogs. The whole city seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.

However, there is a place in the city that is brightly lit. Each floor of the three-story wooden building is lit with various styles of lanterns. The outline of the entire building is particularly beautiful under the embellishment of lights. The melodious sound of the zither adds a touch of color and vitality to the quiet night sky.

There are all kinds of carriages and sedan chairs parked on the street in front of the small building. Jining City and the gentry and giant merchants who pass by the canal come here in droves at night, and are enthusiastically involved in the colorful nightlife.

This place is the Cuihong Building, one of the few brothels in Jining City, and also the highest-grade one. In the building, several geisha from the south of the Yangtze River have extraordinary attainments in reciting poems, writing lyrics, playing and singing, and are deeply loved by them. The majority of officials and literati love.

Of course, there are not only geisha who rely on their talents to eat, but also female prostitutes who have both sex and art and provide alternative services.

In an exquisitely furnished small courtyard house in the backyard of the Cuihong Building, Lai Yongnian, who spent the day in a daze, was half-uncovered in his robes, exposing his fat body, and was squatting with a young woman with a small figure, delicate features, and wearing a skirt. Sitting and drinking, a maid with good looks stood aside to serve the two of them.

"Master Lai, try this squirrel mandarin fish dish. This is the secret recipe that my family asked someone to go to the Fushou Building in the city a few days ago. I spent a lot of money to get it from the chef behind. I tried it several times and felt the taste. It’s okay to make it for Master Lai to taste!”

This woman named Ruyue came from the well-known Yangzhou Shouma. She came to Jining a few months ago and settled in the Cuihong Building. Not long after, she was spotted by Lai Yongnian, who came to seek pleasure, and spent a lot of money to become her that night. The guest of honor.After being carefully trained, Ruyue knew the details of Lai Yongnian, knew that she had met a benefactor, and then resorted to all kinds of tricks to cater to Fatty Lai, and soon Lai Yongnian fell into the gentle town.

"Hey! My dear little boy, master, I like your cuteness the most! Twelve pieces of gold? Master rewards you with a gold hairpin! Wait for you to make me happy! Hehehehe!"

Lai Yongnian picked up a pair of squirrel mandarin fish with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, a delicious, smooth and tender taste immediately spread in his mouth.

"Yeah! It's rare that my little Ruyue cooks the soup herself, this taste is really delicious!"

Lai Yongnian praised while chewing.

"As long as the master likes to eat, the slave family will make it for the master to taste every day! But the master is busy with official duties, and he also needs to comfort his wives and concubines in the house. Even if the slave family wants to be by the master's side all the time, it is not convenient! Poor slave family. I have given my heart to the master, and I will miss you so much if I don't see you for a day, this can teach my family how to live!"

Before she finished speaking, Ruyue's eyes were already filled with tears, her fair and slender fingers pinched the corner of the silk scarf and wiped the corners of her eyes, her pitiful appearance made me feel pity.

Lai Yongnian is both a benefactor and an official, and he is also infatuated with her and loves her a lot, so Ruyuemu's biggest wish is to strike while the iron is hot, to marry into Lai's mansion and be a concubine when the two of them love each other, and to be able to serve Lai Yongnian in the future. Having children every year, and having someone to rely on when you are old, is better than trying to make things right in the midst of the fun, and finally getting old and decrepit, and ending up in a desolate end of being alone and helpless.

She tactfully mentioned this to Lai Yongnian a few days ago, and what Lai Yongnian meant was to redeem her body when she returned to the capital after six years of office, and then bring her into the mansion, then sell the house in the city, and take her with her. The other two concubines in the house returned to Beijing together.

But Ruyue was afraid of having long nights and dreams, afraid that after a long time Lai Yongnian would get tired of it and abandon it, so she used her female trump card - pretending to be pitiful, hoping that Lai Yongnian would deal with the matter today.

Ruyue's little trick really worked, Lai Yongnian saw the beauty ready to cry, and felt compassion in his heart, he waved to Ruyue and said: "My little dear, don't cry, come and sit with the master! The master has accepted you, but you can’t do it? Tomorrow, the master will find Pan Niang and give her the redemption money, and then choose a good day to welcome you into the house! Now you have to sing a good song for the master! Hehehehe! "

Ruyue got up and walked to Lai Yongnian's side, threw herself into his arms shyly and angrily: "Master, you are necrotic! You always ask others to do this and that, and I won't obey you anymore!"

Lai Yongnian looked at the shyness of everyone in his arms who seemed to be refusing to welcome, and his heart was hot. He was about to comfort him with gentle words, when suddenly there was a crisp "bang", and the closed door was knocked from the outside. Kicking away, several warriors in blue armor rushed in, Ruyue and the maid screamed at the same time, Ruyue retracted her body into the pile of pork belly on Lai Yongnian's upper body.

"Who are you waiting for! Do you know who I am?! Quit me quickly! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude! Li Jingcheng and Zhao Butou in the State Yamen's torture chamber are all my best friends!"

Lai Yongnian pushed Ruyue away from his arms, and quickly jumped up, and the few people who broke in with the halberd finger shouted sharply.

In the five years since he came to Jining, with his official status and generous personality, he has maintained good relations with the real power in the state government, as well as the big gentry and local tyrants. The interests of each other are mutual. Linked together, forming a small group that keeps breaking up.

"Lai Yongnian? Right?"

A black-faced warrior about thirty years old asked in a cold voice.

"It's my officer! You can inquire as much as you want. I'm not someone who dares to stroke a tiger's beard! But since we meet each other by fate, if you are short of money, I can give it to each of you. 50 taels of silver! How?!"

Lai Yongnian didn't pay attention to people's attire at the beginning, and everything about the capital in the past five years was still forgotten in his mind.After hearing the gloomy taste in the other party's cold tone, he suddenly thought of that terrible place, so he said the words that he felt desperate when he heard them with a hint of luck .

"Damn it! I've seen tens of thousands of silver, you're still waiting to buy a coffin for 50 taels of silver! A certain class is the captain of Jinyi, Lai Yongnian! Your case has been announced! Tied up!"

The black-faced captain waved his hand, and the two captains stepped forward, holding Lai Yongnian's two arms respectively, and the other captain who was holding a rope followed quickly, and in an instant, Lai Yongnian, who had a sallow face and was stunned on the spot, Yongnian tied it tightly, and his fat body submerged the tied ropes into the mountain of flesh.

After the black-faced captain gave orders, several captains took Lai Yongnian, who was too scared to drag his legs, out. Except for Ruyue and the maid, only the black-faced captain and another very young man were left in the room. Captain.

"What are Lai Yongnian's belongings? To be honest! Otherwise, you two will be put in prison!"

The black-faced captain spoke threateningly.

The two women were so frightened that they trembled all over, Ruyue reluctantly stretched out her hand and pointed to the hanger by the wall, on which Lai Yongnian's robe was hung.

The young captain stepped forward to grope carefully for a while, and found a few small silver ingots and several pieces of gold leaves from inside his robe, and then ran back to the black-faced middle-aged captain with joy on his face: "Brother Deng, just These!"

The black-faced captain took a look and then grabbed the gold and silver and stuffed them into his arms. The young captain left a silver ingot and a piece of gold leaf in his hands. The black-faced captain didn't say anything, turned around and strode away. Hiding the gold and silver in his bosom, he turned his head to glance at the handsome and delicate Kisaragi and followed him out of the house.

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